Notices
Outdoor Elements Club Trip
The Club Trip to Outdoor Elements is on Saturday, 29th June. The Club will not be providing transport as Outdoor Elements
is based just outside Simonstone, near Padiham.
The intention that everyone meets up from 9:15am so that we are ready for 9:30am. There will be a full day of activities which will end at 4:00pm.
Drinks will be provided by the centre, but you can bring your own.
You will need to bring a packed lunch.
There will be five activities to take part in, each will have an instructor to show you what to do.
Kit List
Please dress for the forecasted weather, taking into account the suggestions below:
Do Wear
Layers of clothing that you don't mind getting dirty (it is cooler in the woodland).
Trainers / old shoes / walking boots you don't mind getting wet, dirty and scuffed.
Waterproof jacket and trousers.
A long sleeved top.
Full length trousers such as tracksuit bottoms / combats / leggings.
Sun hat and sun protection cream.
Insect repellant.
Do NOT Wear
Jewellery / watches, shorts, jeans, skirts, heeled shoes or your best stuff.
The price per person is £10 (£20 for a friend). See Philip Croxall during Club sessions if you want a place booking.
If you want to arrange to meet at Pendle Leisure Centre on Saturday, 29th June, to travel in fewer vehicles, make sure that
you leave it on the upper car park. If you park nearer to the building, then your car will be locked in.
Directions to Outdoor Elements from Pendle Leisure Centre.
The postcode for Outdoor Elements is BB12 7JD
For further information about Outdoor Elements visit their website:
https://outdoorelements.co.uk/
No Swimming Club
There will be no Swimming Club on Bank Holiday Monday, 6th May.
This is due to the Pendle Leisure Centre being closed on Public Holidays.
Directions Page
There is a Directions page which list all the pools that we visit, plus a few others. The directions are
from the Pendle Leisure Centre using a link to Google Maps. Postcodes for the various pools have now been added.
Click here for details.....
Lane Assignments
The current lane assignments for Monday and Thursday night are:
Monday Night Lanes
Thursday Night Lanes
Small Pool Classes
Lanes last updated: 10th March 2024
Headlines
Cherry Wilkinson Memorial Age Group Gala for February
The February age group gala was very well attended and the best since before the pandemic with 33 girls and 20 boys taking part. There were quite a few swimmers in the
9, 10 and 11 year age groups attempting 2 lengths, but it was only girls as the boys just opted for the one swim per stroke.
Click here for results.....
There were a total of 7 boys and 21 girls who had qualified for the Most Improved Swimmer Award for February having done the requisit swims in June and February.
The winners were for the boys Oliver Blackadder who had a 23.20% improvement, and the girls winners was Roux Glass with a 19.72% improvement since June last year.
Click here for results.....
John Higginbottom 1940 - 2024
February Age Group Gala Cancelled
The Cherry Wilkinson Memorial Age Group Gala for February was cancelled due to the adverse weather conditions. It has now been re-arranged for Thursday, 22nd February with the warm-up remaining at 6:50pm.
Annual Presentation 2023
It was a cold, wet and windy night as storm Elin rolled in from the Atlantic, but inside the Colne Cricket Club it was warm dry with constant music from the DJ on Saturday, 9th December. The proceedings started a bit late due to setting up the trophies, but once underway, Andrew gave a brief report on the year culminating in a presentation to a Andy, a representative from Pendleside Hospice, with a cheque for £1100. A photo was taken with a few of the swimmers who raised some money. The first of the trophies were to the small pool with the Bramhil Memorial Trophy for achievement being presented to Jack Cardus, who showed quick progress in picking up the strokes, and the John Dobbin Memorial Trophy for courage/bravery went to Emma Mitchell who had started scared, but gradually overcame her fears to start enjoying swimming. Unfortunately, neither Jack nor Emma were there, so will be presented with their trophies on a Club night. The Betty Petty Style Trophies were then awarded to Olive Tattersall and Henry Clough, followed by the presentation of the trophies won at the Club Championship Galas. The next presentation was for the age group winners from Thursday's Christmas Sprint Gala. This was followed by the t-shirt presentation for the new Club Captains for 2024, who were Henry Manning and Libby Cox as the senior captains, and Zaviah Cotterill and Adison Croxall as the Junior Captains. Before finally presenting the Two Alberts Trophy for Services to the Club, which went to teacher Jayne Wilkinson. The final awards of the night were to the Spot-On winners, with Adison Croxall winning £5 being 1.47 seconds off her time. Esme Watson winning £10 for being 0.50 seconds off her time, and Isabelle Teal winning £20 being just 0.18 seconds off her time. Before the buffet was opened and the volume increased by the DJ, a group photo was taken of the trophy winners. Then the party started! Click here for results of Spot-On.....
Christmas Sprint Gala
The Sprint Gala was well attended with 16 boys and 24 girls, plus 4 ladies and 5 gents giving it a go!
There were 7 ladies taking part in the parent and child relay, 2 of which swam twice! In the gents race there were 6.
Betsy Rider broke two records in the 12 year old girls, setting new times for the breaststroke and butterfly races. There
was also a new record in the Ladies version of the parent and child relay, with Isaac and his mum taking 3 seconds of the previous
best time! They narrowly beat Olive Tattersall and her mum, who was also under the old record time.
The age group winners were:
| Girls | Boys | |
| 6 years and under | Isabella Holt | Oliver Blackadder |
| 7 years | Connie McIntyre | George Marks and Alexander McGregor |
| 8 years | Sophia Turner | |
| 9 years | Lilly-Ann Marks | Maverick Robson |
| 10 years | Abigail Scanlan | |
| 11 years | Emma Cox | |
| 12 years | Betsy Rider | Edward Green |
| 13 years | Matilda Critchley | |
| 14 years | Isabella Wallace | Daniel Warner |
| 15 years | Eleanor Holgate | Olexsandr Matsanuik |
| 16 years and over | Martha Green and Libby Cox | Thomas Holgate |
| Parents / Teachers | Rebecca Rider | Matthew Watson and Andrew Teal |
The winners of the various age groups will be presented with their trophies at the Annual Presentation, which will be held at the Colne Cricket Club on Saturday, 9th December.
Click here for results.....
Championship Gala Part Two
The second gala had more swimmers than Monday, but there were no new records. The last being in 2018.
Over the course of the evening there were 14 different winners across the 24 events, with Thomas Holgate being the most successful swimmer
with five event wins. Winning four events was Betsy Rider.
Winning two events were Eleanor Holgate and Sophia Turner, with the remaining ten events being won by different swimmers. They were
Abigail Scanlan, Alexander McGregor, Edward Green, Lilly-Ann Marks, Luke Chew, Martha Green, Maverick Robson, Oleksandr Matsanuik,
Oliver Blackadder and Zaviah Cotterill.
There were sixteen swimmers taking part in the Spot-On competition, and they will have to wait until the presentation to find
out who won.
The full results can be found here.
The trophies will be presented at the Annual Presentation which will be held at the Colne Cricket Club on
Saturday, 9th December.
Championship Gala Part One
There was a total of 16 different winners across the 24 events, but no records were broken. The three times winners were Oleksandr Matsanuik,
Betsy Rider and Eleanor Holgate. Winning two events were Betsy Townsend and Zaviah Cotterill. The remaining winners were Abigail Scanlan,
Edward Green, Henry Manning, Isaac Critchley, Luke Chew, Marie Therese Lloyd, Maverick Robson, Olive Tattersall, Oliver Blackadder, Oscar Astin and
Zoe Blackadder.
The full results can be found here for results.....
Betty Petty Style Trophy
There were 15 swimmers taking part in the Petty Petty Style Competition on Monday, 6th November and
a further 6 on Thursday, 9th November.
The 21 swimmers will have to wait until the Presentation on Saturday, 9th December at the Colne Cricket
Club. The doors will be open at 7pm with the presentation starting about 7:30pm.
Sponsored Swim
There were 53 people who did the sponsored swim on Saturday, 9th October and
Tuesday, 12th October. The total amount of lengths each swimmer did can be
viewed here.
We are raising funds for Pendleside Hospice.
A big thanks to all those who took part.
Click here for results.....
Friendly League
Colne hosted Great Harwood in final fixture of the season and lost to much stronger opposition.
28th September: Colne lose at home to Great Harwood.
15th September: Colne lose away to Burnley Bobcats by 4 points!
6th July: Colne lose at home to Accrington by a point!
19th June: Colne lose away to Great Harwood.
24th April: Colne lose at home to Burnley Bobcats.
29th March: Colne beat hosts Accrington.
Click here for results.....
Outdoor Elements Club Trip
On Saturday, 8th July a group of 28 children and a few adults made their way to the Outdoor Elements Activity Centre near Simonstone for a day of adventure and fun.
The children were split up into two groups, 8 and under and the 9 years and over. This was due to one of the instructors being unavailable due to family emergency.
The younger adventurers had fun building shelters and creating fire, which was apt considering the weather forecast. They also fired some arrows in the archery,
climbed trees then zoomed across the valley on the Super Zip Line. That must have been fun as they went back for more.
The older adventurers started off firing arrows, then climbing trees before the tricky Jacobs Ladder where they had to work as a team. They finished off the day
climbing a tree and jumping off in the Leap of Faith, where quite a few jumped from the high top platform. The last activity was the Mega Zip Line, with some of
them having a go at the Super Zip Line.
Everyone was fortunate that the predicted thunderstorms did not arrive, with the rain arriving at lunchtime, followed by light rain when the activities resumed.
At the end of the day there was a group photo before they left happy, with their parents. No doubt the parents had tales of their adventures long into the evening.
Click here for photos.....
Cherry Wilkinson Memorial Age Group Gala for June
The June age group gala was well attended and the best since before the pandemic with 30 girls and 20 boys taking part. There were quite a few swimmers in the
9, 11 and 11 year age groups attempting 2 lengths.
Click here for results.....
There were a total of 7 boys and 18 girls who had qualified for the Most Improved Swimmer Award for June having done the requisit swims in February and June.
The winners were for the boys Zaviah Cotterill who had a 7.06% improvement, and the girls winners was Matilda Critchley with a 15.83% improvement since February.
Click here for results.....
We would like to welcome you as a member of Colne A.S.C. and wish you a long and successful association with us.
This website is intended to introduce you to all aspects of the Club, explaining how we function and what we can do for you. Its aim is to make you feel welcome and wanted by offering lots of useful information, which will, we hope, answer any questions you may have.
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Session Status
| Monday 29th April | Large Pool | 18:50 21:00 | Main Club Session | Normal | |
| Thursday 2nd May | Small Pool | 18:15 19:15 | Learners | Normal | |
| Thursday 2nd May | Large Pool | 18:50 21:00 | Main Club Session | Normal | |
| Monday 6th May | Large Pool | 18:50 21:00 | Main Club Session | No Lessons | Bank Holiday Monday |
| Thursday 9th May | Small Pool | 18:15 19:15 | Learners | Normal | |
| Thursday 9th May | Large Pool | 18:50 21:00 | Main Club Session | Normal | |
| Monday 13th May | Large Pool | 18:50 21:00 | Main Club Session | Normal | |
| Thursday 16th May | Small Pool | 18:15 19:15 | Learners | Normal | |
| Thursday 16th May | Large Pool | 18:50 21:00 | Main Club Session | Normal |
Coming Soon
For a full list of events view the diary
Wednesday, 1st May 2024:
There are 4 days until Committee Meeting. Online Zoom meeting, 8:00pm
Thursday, 2nd May 2024:
There are 5 days until next Swimming Club Trials for entry to Swimming Club.
Monday, 6th May 2024:
There is No Swimming Club due to Bank Holiday Monday in 9 days
Tuesday, 21st May 2024:
There are 24 days until Friendly League Fixture Away at Great Harwood. Warm-up 7:30pm. Accrington Academy
Monday, 27th May 2024:
There is No Swimming Club due to Bank Holiday Monday in 30 days
Monday, 10th June 2024:
There are 44 days until Friendly League Fixture Home to Burnley Bobcats. Warm-up 7:00pm
Thursday, 27th June 2024:
There are 61 days until Cherry Wilkinson Memorial Age Group Gala for June
Saturday, 29th June 2024:
There are 63 days until Club Trip to Outdoor Elements near Simonstone. 9:15pm - 4:00pm.
Wednesday, 10th July 2024:
There are 74 days until Friendly League Fixture Away at Accrington. Warm-up 7:00pm Hyndburn Sports Centre
Monday, 23rd September 2024:
There are 149 days until Friendly League Fixture Home to Accrington. Warm-up 7:00pm.
Thursday, 17th October 2024:
There are 173 days until Friendly League Fixture Home to Great Harwood. Warm-up 7:00pm
Monday, 11th November 2024:
There are 198 days until Betty Petty Style Trophy.
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